Sentences with phrase «know neighborhood leaders»

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Hosting fundraisers, participating in tradeshows or even meeting with other business leaders is a great way to make your presence known within the surrounding neighborhoods.

I know every part of this district, literally every neighborhood and most if not all the leaders in this district.»

Most of the leaders in these various neighborhoods are people I know and have worked with throughout the years.

The two statewide Democrats — not known for having an especially warm relationship — graced the stage at the Casita Maria Center in the impoverished Hunts Point - Longwood neighborhood alongside Bronx leaders like Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo and Congressman Jose Serrano and Puerto Rican Gov. Alejandro Garcia - Padilla, and in front of an undulating ocean of union placards.

In other words, DeFrancisco wants a leader who's not afraid to slash political fat, who can inspire idealistic families to stay in the city, who knows when to pat a head or to give a kick in the behind, who can build a bridge to needy neighborhoods, who can touch off the changes so many residents are longing to see.

We see first - hand what he's capable of as a devoted family man, a resident of the tight - knit neighborhood known as Southie, and a leader who brooks no signs or even hints of disloyalty.

15:20 Dr. Montecel closes her speech: «The Quality Schools Action Framework speaks to the need and possibility of engaging citizens, leaders and policymakers around high quality data that call all of us as members of the community to act, to establish common ground, to strengthen education, and finally and most importantly and fundamentally, to align our values with our investments in the school system: fundamentals and features that we know are needed — from teaching quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.»

District leaders knew they needed to shut down some schools, a process that is never popular, especially in the neighborhoods most directly affected by the closures.

Seeing the injustice in his 1968 Chicago neighborhood after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sam Childs knows he can't be patient like his civil rights leader father nor join the Black Panthers like his brother; he must struggle to be his own man.

The shelter also started a comprehensive neighborhood sweeps initiative — more simply known as «blockwalking» — testing the waters with a daylong blockwalk in 2012, during which Norwood, city leaders and a few animal control officers knocked on 150 doors.